Display-box



(No Model.)

P. PEAR.

DISPLAY BOX.

.PatentedApr.-18, 1-893.

INVENTUHI UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK FEAR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,949, dated April18, 1893. Anplication filed March 22, 1892. Renewed March 25, 1893-Serial No. 467,658. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIcK FEAR, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Boxes orCases, of which the following is a specification.

M yinvention relates to a display box or case constructed in a manner todisplay packages or bottles contained therein without destroying orotherwise disfiguring the same, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter.

It has heretofore been one of the most 0bjectionable features among theretail dealers to have a number of small packages concealed within aninclosed box and no way of displaying them without removinga few, thenreplacing the cover and piling the removed packages upon the box withoutany protection or guard for them. In this condition they are easilyknocked down from their position, thereby disfiguring their contour ordestroying them completely. I propose to obviate these objections by myinvention which consists of a box having a removable cover and aremovable front. The base of the box is provided with a guard which mayextend across the face of the box at or near its base or it may bearranged in sections. This, however, may be varied without departingfrom the spirit of my invention. The rear side of the removable frontside is provided with a holder near its base, all of which will be fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1, represents a perspective view ofthe box closed. Fig. 2, is a similar view representing the box openedand displaying its contents together with the front side of the boxarranged as a display card. Fig. 3, is a vertical central section of thebox in its opened position. Fig. 4, is a perspective view of theremovable front detached in which is shown the holder suitably securedto the rear side thereof.

Similarletters refer to similar parts th rou ghout the drawings in whicha, represents the removable front of the box held in position at itsbase by means of the guard 12, behind which it rests on the base of saidbox and at its upper end by the coverc. The structure as hererepresented may contain a series of packages represented by dotted linesin Fig. 2, or it may contain bottles. This however will be immaterial.

The box and its packages are soldin bulk to the retailer who upon thereceipt thereof removes the top 0, of the box and places it on thebottom thereof as shown in Fig. 2. The front a, is then removed andplaced upon the upper edge of the rear side 01, and is held to thelatter by means of the holder 6, which may be secured to the said frontside a,byan eyelet or other suitable fastening.

I do not wish to confine myself to the exact constrnction as hereinshown as I may make the box cylindrical or polygonal at the same timeretaining the same features as hereindescribed.

The box may be made of pasteboard, paper, metal, leather, wood, or othersuitable material. The guard Z), may be integral with or otherwiseconnected with the base, or it may form a part of the vertical ends. Theguard may extend partly across the face of the box. I therefore, do notwish to limit myself to this particular feature as I may design the samein various ways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a display box having a removable cover stationary sides back andbase of a guard arranged on said base said guard adapted to receive aremovable front side substantially as shown and described.

2. In a display box the combination consisting of the removable coverthe stationary sides back and base the guard secured to said base theremovable front side heldin position by the said removable cover andguard and the holder secured to the back of the removable front sideaforesaid substantially as shown and described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 21st day of December, 1891.

FREDERICK FEAR.

Witnesses:

GABRIEL LOWENSTEIN, CHAS. E. FOULDS.

